Artist Statement I am Marshall Abbott. I am a painter with experience in other mediums. My work is non-realistic, sometimes fantastical, often abstract or surreal. My goal in my work is to create art that is a window into another world. Worlds that are noticeably not real but created with enough detail that one can…

Andrew Joseph Roy:  August 22, 1989 March 5, 2018 On March 5, 2018 we lost a wonderful person. On that day, Andrew Roy passed away suddenly at 28. It has been a very difficult month for everyone but last week, we came together to celebrate Andrew’s life. We talked about Andrew the collector, the gamer,…

Andrew Joseph Roy:  August 22, 1989 March 5, 2018 Passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 5, 2018 at the 28. Loving son of Karen Roy (Dave Thomson) and Larry Roy. Loving brother to Tyler Roy (Stephanie ) and cherished uncle of Henry. Andrew’s cheerful and easy going nature will be sadly missed by all, including…

Transition To Life  Imagine a Life Connectability Info Night

I am in the women’s change room at the local pool, lost in thought. I’m thinking about a lot of things, but mostly that it’s neat to be back, twelve years later, to where the gang took swimming lessons as children. I think of Erik and how we struggled through level one swimming lessons three…

To view in a different format: TTL Brochure – Barrie 2018.pdf  Transition to Life

  This article first appeared in Autism Matters in the Fall 2017 Issue. Click the following link to view the article: Hedley article PDFv2.pdf   About the Author: Teresa is a teacher, writer and autism advocate, but first and foremost, she is mother to Erik (18), a young man on the autism spectrum. For the past four…

We are excited to announce that Integrated Autism Consulting will now provide diagnostic evaluations for adolescents and adults who are thought to have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) but have not yet received a diagnosis or who require an updated evaluation for transition services in Ontario. Evaluations typically last several hours over the course of…

“He has the ability to make the ordinary extraordinary,” I remember thinking. We just need to tune into him and to go with these inclinations, these impulses, these intense curiosities. “Where do these streets go? What’s down there? And over there? Who lives there?” Seven-year-old Erik has a map of the Comox Valley in his…

Erik and I would like to share an amusing story from Parliament Hill the night before the CASDA summit, 2016. It is both humorous and touching… a real autism moment and a Canadian moment, as well. Autism transforms cops… We make some friends and earn some supporters! A funny moment on Parliament Hill this evening.. Erik…